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The security
and protection of your accounts and our systems
are of the utmost importance to us, whether
it's through traditional banking methods or
through Peoples Connect Online Banking Services.
We take extraordinary care in an attempt to
provide a safe and secure online banking delivery
system. We maintain physical, electronic and
procedural safeguards that comply with federal
guidelines to guard your nonpublic personal
information against unauthorized access or
use. Please read our Security Statement outlined
below.
1. Your Responsibilities
The use of our Peoples
Connect Online Banking Services is for authorized
users only. Access to these services requires
an Access ID and Password to authenticate
with our systems. We utilize additional layers
of security to verify your identity and protect
your information. It is your responsibility
to protect your Access ID, Password and other
security data e.g. image, pass phrase, challenge
questions and answers with the same degree
of care and secrecy that you would use to
protect other sensitive nonpublic personal
information.
Any individual using
this system is subjected to having all activities
monitored and recorded by us. Anyone using
this system expressly consents to such monitoring
and is advised that if such monitoring reveals
possible evidence of criminal activity, we
may provide the evidence of such monitoring
to law enforcement officials.
2. Peoples Trust
Company Security Measures
Peoples Trust Company's
Online Banking Services combine a variety
of industry standard and customized security
technologies, methodologies and best practices
to protect our customer's information. The
system's architecture and design is professionally
assembled to control and monitor authorized
access to customer and account information
from the Internet. Some of these measures
are outlined below:
- Data encryption
between the customer and our Online Banking
Server. We utilize Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) 128 bit Encryption via digital certificates
issued by Verisign. Encryption is a technology
that "scrambles" or alters the
content of information transmitted between
the customer and our systems in such a manner
that only the customer and our systems can
decipher or "unscramble" the information.
This measure is used to ensure that it is
virtually impossible for anyone other than
the customer and our systems to read the
information that is being transmitted.
- We utilize multiple
firewalls to control, direct and authenticate
communication from the Internet. This measure
is used to ensure that only appropriate
and authorized communication is allowed
between the customer and our systems.
- Access to your
account(s) is authenticated by the validation
of an Access ID and Password as well as
the use of other security data to authenticate
who you are. This measure is used to validate
the customer that is attempting access to
our systems.
- Passwords are
required to be changed every six months
or more frequently. This measure is used
to reduce the exposure associated with the
length of time that a password exists. Changing
passwords frequently is considered an excellent
practice that creates an unknown randomness
which enhances Access ID security
- Passwords are
required to be generated using a combination
of upper & lower case characters, alpha
& numeric characters, as well as the
use of special characters. This measure
is used to reduce the possibility of someone
compromising a password that could otherwise
be considered as "simple" or "guessable".
- Access to Online
Banking is restricted to (4) attempts before
the account is locked-out. If this occurs,
you will need to contact Peoples Trust Company
in order to have the account unlocked. This
measure is used to reduce the possibility
of someone "guessing" a customers
password by having too many attempts without
locking the account. If an account was repeatedly
locked out, it may suggest inappropriate
access attempts.
- We have dedicated
resources that provide a variety of monitoring
techniques to detect unusual or unauthorized
activity. This measure is used to ensure
that we can quickly and efficiently respond
to potential inappropriate use our systems
or unauthorized access attempts.
3. Computer Requirements
In order to use Peoples
Connect Online Banking Services you will need
the following:
A computer with Internet
access and the following browsers:
- You will need
a secure browser. This site requires a browser
that supports 128-bit encryption. Mac users
please note, service will only work with
Netscape.
- Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.0 or greater. To access some
export options, version 5.5 is required
- Netscape Navigator
4.72 or greater. To access some export options,
version 6.1 is required
- Mac users please
note, service will only work with Netscape
4. Virus Protection
Peoples Trust Company
is not responsible for any electronic virus
or viruses that you may encounter. We suggest
that you use "up-to-date" antivirus
software to protect your computer(s). Viruses
can corrupt and destroy your computer programs
and files and could possibly disclose unintended
nonpublic personal information about you.
We also strongly recommend that you keep your
computer(s) updated with current software
patches and service packs as recommended by
the developer of your computer operating system
(e.g. Microsoft) and that you do not open
e-mail attachments that might be considered
suspicious or of an unknown origin. Following
these recommendations will aid in the protection
of your computer and transactions that you
conduct through our Peoples Connect Online
Banking Services as well as other businesses.
5. Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks to other
Internet resources are used at your own risk.
The content, accuracy, opinions expressed
and other links provided by these sources
are not investigated, verified, monitored
or endorsed by Peoples Trust Company. Other
websites' security statements may be different
from ours. Please read them when you visit
their websites.
Although Peoples
Trust Company has taken these reasonable and
appropriate measures to mitigate any foreseeable
risks and to ensure that your personal information
is secure, we cannot guarantee that the nonpublic
personal information that is exchanged will
not be intercepted by others and possibly
decrypted. We are not liable for a breach
of security that occurs for reasons outside
of our control.
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